Comments on: Microsoft introduces Gesture Control with Hands Free Mode in Windows 8.1

By: William R. Cousert

William R. Cousert — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:19:00 +0000

Is hands free mode available for use with any application, or only the recipe app mentioned in this article?

By: Windows guy

Windows guy — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:57:00 +0000

In reply to maddmatt. the setting is only available once you are viewing a recipe, but once you have selected a recipe the option appears at the bottom of the screen near the bottom left

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:27:00 +0000

I use it with the Surface Pro. Gesture free is amazing. I no longer have to swipe my fingers on the screen to go back and forth through the recipe. Amazing!

By: Vasudev

Vasudev — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:15:00 +0000

In reply to maddmatt. I'm not sure if there's any settings. & what 'it clicks on everything' means? It might be related to something else. Please check for any virus? What's constantly active? I don't think its constantly active because of this app., Please check your camera/webcam settings,

By: Vasudev

Vasudev — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:10:00 +0000

In reply to Ravindra Sharma.

As per MSDN forum – “There is no recognition API for that. The demoed app made clever custom use of the camera.” http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/19011960-8e93-4b7d-a439-f4c58d17bfa3/how-can-i-use-hands-free-gesture-like-the-food-drink-app-has-that-microsoft-shows-on-build

By: maddmatt

maddmatt — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:35:00 +0000

where the heel do you find the settings for this feature. These are the problems I am having.

Sometimes it randomly recognizes my face as a hand. As i am talking it clicks on everything.

Second, when using the handsfree mode, where can I find settings to adjust scrolling sensitivity, turn the feature off etc. (it is constantly active, i do not have this food and drink app and it has been active since i turned on this machine, right out of the box)

I’m going to throw it out the window if it clicks on all my shit again.

By: Ravindra Sharma

Ravindra Sharma — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:59:00 +0000

In reply to vasudev.

i’ve tried that using food and drink app… but i’m looking for sample code to implement this in my own app…

By: Prabaharan

Prabaharan — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:45:00 +0000

In reply to vasudev. Thanks for sharing the info. I tried and it worked awesome. We need more such apps.

By: vasudev

vasudev — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 01:56:00 +0000

In reply to Ravindra Sharma. Bing Food and Drink app provided with Windows 8.1 Preview. You can go to Windows Store , from there search for Bing Food and Drink app. Look for the app Published by Microsoft Corp. And from there you can install it. As there are many more apps with similar names. So search for Bing Food and Drink app.

By: Ravindra Sharma

Ravindra Sharma — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:32:00 +0000

In reply to vasudev. Can you please provide a sample for this.

By: vasudev

vasudev — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:32:00 +0000

Some comments received on twitter from those who have tried this Hands-Free mode feature –
Richard Hay @WinObs – “I used it with the Food and Drink App for a bit. Worked well.”
Vinod Unny @vinodunny – “Yeah, it works awesomely.”